In 2006 Jakobstad library took a step forward and started to lend e-books to customers. Only a short while earlier Sweden had done the same. The popularity of e-books increased when student material became available this way. A teacher from Turku University also tells his opinion on e-books as teaching material.
Find out why Swedish speaking libraries are pioneers in e-collections.
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Written by: Jonas Tana
Filmed and edited by: Tuomas Lipponen
Colour correction by: Tuomas Lipponen
Translated by: Yvonne Bartley
Graphic design by: Harri Oksanen
Produced by: Riitta Taarasti, Ninni Sandelius
Production time: 2012